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Going Up the Escalator

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Going up the escalator by Syndey Jacobs

Abstract: This "how-to" video presents an individual with spinal cord injury (SCI) demonstrating the correct way to enter and exit off of an escalator using a manual wheelchair. The presenter also provides advice and safety tips on how to ride up the escalator. Run time: 1 minute 35 seconds.
NARIC Accession Number: O18654.  What's this? 
Author(s): Jacobs, Sydney.
Project Number: H133B031114, H133N060028.
Publisher(s): Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Secondary Conditions in Spinal Cord Injury, MedStar Health Research Institute, NRH Research, 102 Irving Street, NW, Washington, DC 20010; 202/877-1694.
Publication Year: 2009.

Descriptor Terms: AMBULATION, AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS, COMMUNITY LIVING, DAILY LIVING, INDEPENDENT LIVING, MOBILITY TRAINING, PARAPLEGIA, PATIENT EDUCATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, QUADRIPLEGIA, QUALITY OF LIFE, SAFETY, SPINAL CORD INJURIES, TRAVEL, WHEELCHAIRS.